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BL
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977425
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b731795
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The social embeddedness of industrial ecology /\ edited by Frank Boons and Jennifer Howard-Grenville.
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| Publication Statement
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Cheltenham :: Edward Elgar,, ©2009.
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xvi, 284 pages ;; 24 cm
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1847207820
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: 1848448007
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: 9781847207821
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: 9781848448001
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Pt. I. Outline of the Social Science Potential -- 1. Introducing the social embeddedness of industrial ecology / Frank Boons and Jennifer Howard-Grenville -- 2. Ecology in the social sciences: an overview / Frank Boons -- 3. Don't fence me in ... / Henrikke Baumann -- First intermezzo: Out into the open: the promise of dialogue / Frank Boons -- Pt. II. Regional Approaches -- 4. Eco-industrial parks and industrial ecology: strategic niche or mainstream development? / David Gibbs -- 5. Facilitating regional industrial symbiosis: network growth in the UK's national industrial symbiosis programme / Raymond Paguin and Jennifer Howard-Grenville -- 6. social embeddedness of industrial symbiosis linkages in Puerto Rican industrial regions / Marian R. Chertow and Weslynne S. Ashton -- Second intermezzo: A transdisciplinary perspective on industrial ecology research / Cynthia Mitchell -- Third intermezzo: Regional eco-industrial development: views from different stakeholders / Anthony Chin -- Pt. III. Product Chain Approaches -- 7. Transgenic crops in Brazil: scientific decision-making for social ambiguities? / Jeremy Hall and Stelvia Matos -- 8. Commodities, their life-cycle and industrial ecology / Timothy M. Koponen -- 9. Sustainable supply chain management / Stefan Seuring, Romy Morana and Yan Liu -- Fourth intermezzo: Product chain management and social sciences: path dependency, cultural validity and short- and long-term feedback loops / Claudia R. Binder -- Fifth intermezzo: The exchange of ideas between social science and engineering approaches to product chain industrial ecology / Bart van Hoof -- Pt. IV. Social Science Contribution Reconsidered -- 10. critical view on the social science contribution to industrial ecology / John Ehrenfeld -- 11. social embeddedness of industrial ecology: exploring the dynamics of industrial ecosystems / Jennifer Howard-Grenville and Frank Boons.
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| Abstract
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From its inception, the field of industrial ecology has taken a distinctly technological approach to understanding and improving ecological consequences of industrial activities.
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Further exploring such mechanisms holds promise for understanding both the barriers to, and opportunities for, altering the ecological impacts of industrial practice.
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In these ways, the book develops the dialogue between social science contributors and researchers from other disciplines within the field of industrial ecology.
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Increasingly however, scholars and practitioners are developing perspectives on the social embeddedness of industrial ecology: the ways in which material and energy flows in regions and product chains are shaped by the social context in which they occur.
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They also include discussion explicitly on the dialogue and its value to the evolution of the field.
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This book presents empirical work addressing how cognitive, cultural, political and structural mechanisms condition the emergence and operation of industrial ecology.
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Through contemplative chapters and 'intermezzos', authors with different disciplinary backgrounds reflect on the contribution of work from various social sciences to industrial ecology.
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Unique to the volume, the authors of the commentaries bring in their personal and professional experiences, reflecting on how they have engaged in or have seen the value in cross-disciplinary work.
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Industrial ecology.
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Industrial ecology.
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Interdisziplinäre Forschung
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Sozialwissenschaft
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Stoffstrommanagement
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Umweltforschung
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Umweltmanagement
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Umweltschutz
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Unternehmen
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Industriële processen.
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Milieueffecten.
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Sociale aspecten.
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| Dewey Classification
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658.567
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TS161.S58 2009
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43.63bcl
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83.63bcl
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QP 240rvk
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Boons, Frank.
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Howard-Grenville, Jennifer A.,1969-
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